Thursday, January 18, 2018

Trying New Things


Last month our daughter gave us a basket of snacks for Christmas. These two things were the only things that we had never tried before so I figured that if we hadn't tried them, maybe a bunch of you haven't tried them either. 

Our daughter knows that we love those tin cans with the smoked oysters, sardines, kipper snacks and clams. So she got the Giant Calamari thinking we might like that as well. She got the Jack Link's Jerky Chew because both of us like jerky but thought this was a fun package and fun way to eat it. 


When I opened the can of Giant calamari, this is what it looked like. For those of you that don't know, Calamari is Squid. Part of the ingredients listed were: Cephalopod Tentacles, vegetable oil. 

I have to say, they weren't bad at all. Quite chewy though but I would eat this again. 


The other thing is the Jack Link's Original Jerky Chew. This stuff looked a little like chew when you first opened it. It's beef jerky shredded down to a fine almost saw dust type feel. But it tastes exactly like the Original Jack Link's Beef Jerky. I really don't know if people use this as a substitute to tobacco chew or not but I bet this tastes better. lol 

Have you eaten anything new recently?

40 comments:

  1. I like calamari, but have never tried it out of a tin. LOL, a jerky looking like chew. I think I would need more than a pinch to get a good bite, but I agree on what probably has more flavor and taste between jerky and tobacco chew. ;)

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    1. I have never tried the calamari out of the tin before either but it wasn't bad. The jerky chew was good though.

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  2. does look like chewing tobacco

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    1. Tasted better though I'm guessing.

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  3. Bet it tastes better too. Squid though umm eww lol

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  4. We love to give and receive baskets of goodies.

    New things I've been eating lately have been plantain chips and black bean chips.

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    1. I tried Plantain chips in one of the DegustaBoxes and it was good.

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  5. I just did recently, Mary. So, my cousin gave us some vegan food that she thinks we’d love. But the taste was horrible and weird, even my dogs don’t like it. It looks like vegan meat.

    We do love trying new foods but it’s hard sometimes especially for me. I’m more picky than my husband.

    Thanks for sharing this. 😁❤️

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    1. I've tried Vegan meat and it depends on who has made it. Mine were supposed to be chicken nuggets but they were too spicy.

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  6. Those are two interesting things indeed!

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  7. Interesting Mary, I've had Calamari but not out of a can.

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  8. I love trying new things even when they scare me. I'm a fan of calamari and have eaten it often. Not sure about out of the the can part though.

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  9. My niece likes seafood out of a can too. I bet she'd love that calamari.

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  10. Well...one really should try new things so

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  11. I've had that jerky before and enjoyed it :D

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  12. I have eaten shredded beef jerky like that before. It is good. Not canned Calamari. I like my calamari hot, breaded and with a touch of lemon, I don’t know if I could eat it out of a can. Hmmm.... I can’t think of anything new I have eaten recently....

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    1. I don't know if I would have bought the calamari but it was good.

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  13. I don't know if I'm game enough to try new things like these! I'm very particular about eating.

    But yeah, we should try new things otherwise we get staid and boring!

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  14. I have yet to have calamari that I like. My mom said she had some that wasn't chewy and it was so good. I'm guessing it was much fresher than the canned. At least you tried something new!

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  15. Calamari is chewy...I don't much like it.

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    1. For me it's like fried clams and I like the chewynes of them

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  16. I thought that was chewing tobacco at first. I guess that is the idea. I haven't had calamari before but love most seafood so I would try it.

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    1. I did too. lol Both were pretty good though.

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  17. I love fried calamari. I would be willing to try what you got but I don't think I would like it as well. The beef jerky chew looks...interesting lol

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  18. I've tried calamari a few times and blech lol

    I even had it when people told me it was something else and still didn't' like it.

    That jerky is weird. I don't know how I feel about it being all ground up like that.

    For What It's Worth

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    1. The Jerky tasted the same as a whole piece so that's something.

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  19. Sometimes it is good to try out new tastes ...

    All the best Jan

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  20. LOL well that's different. I'll have to take your word they're yummy. lol

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